Kolibri
German, noun/ˈkoːlibʁi/
Kolibri is spelled K-O-L-I-B-R-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kolibri is a German masculine noun meaning “hummingbird (Trochilidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Vogel, welcher der Familie der Kolibris [2] angehört”.
What does Kolibri mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehummingbird (Trochilidae)
Die Kolibris sind die einzigen Vögel, die rückwärts fliegen können.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Vogel, welcher der Familie der Kolibris [2] angehört 2. eine Familie der Seglervögel
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kolibri
- Kolibris genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kolibri?
- /ˈkoːlibʁi/
- [ˈkoːlibʁi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kolibri
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kolibri in German?
Kolibri appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).